I will not quit

I will not be afraid to achieve my goals.  I will meet with negative thoughts and criticism, but I will keep going.  

I will not be afraid.  

I'm going to repeat this phrase all day.  

Day 2

Today was an awesome day.

Full of good energy and good people.  I started with Yoga at 7am, came home and took the pup for a run.  I did some work, then smoked an awesome workout with two girlfriends, went to lunch, took Ajax for a play date then went and had a few beers at my new favorite brewery - I know...beer=gluten and gluten=not good for me, but whatever, I can deal.

Such a good day.  Pieces are falling into place like tetris.  Letting negative thoughts float away like clouds..

30 Days

30 Days.  That's what I'm giving myself to regain focus, confidence and happiness.

I have lost all of these things in what has become a cluttered, unorganized, mess of wants, needs, hopes and dreams.

Last Thursday I was relieved of the full-time, real job that I had wanted so badly since going back to school.  It was a goal that I had set for myself and I achieved it.  After a month of being asked to "go get the office coffee and snacks" more often then I was asked to attend company meetings I began to hate it.  I should have known, with my job being less important than a "grande, whole milk latte with vanilla bean powder and 1 raw sugar on the side" that I wasn't going to last much longer.

That moment could have been a devastating one.  I've never been fired before!  I work my butt off at everything!  Through my embarrassment and well-deserved thoughts of "WTF?"  I found clarity.  This was supposed to happen.

I made a promise to myself at that moment that I was going to take this opportunity to focus on me.  Find me and make my own career, and find my place in the universe.  I know I sound crazy, but it feels right.

Today I listened to a podcast about manifesting miracles.  The speaker talked about concentrating on one want for 30 days.  Visualize it happening, meditate on it, clear negative thoughts and mental blocks about it.  Get out of your own way and make it happen.  The yoga studio I had gone to a few times is also having a 30 day yoga challenge, which I signed up for this afternoon after listening to that podcast.

A coincidence maybe, but I'm going to call it a mini-miracle.


Today is April 11, and Day 1.  

I thought we'd see what all the HDR fuss was about...

I've never been a huge fan of HDR because a lot of images out there seem so cartoony and fake, but I thought it would be fun to try it out.  I only bracketed 1 stop in either direction for these shots.  Next time I will probably try 2 stops but I think these turned out pretty sweet after some tweaking.

Gerard picked the location and it was perfect...I couldn't have chosen a better spot.

These were taken at the Charleston Marina.  I'd love to do an fun couple or engagement shoot here...

weekend

We checked out the Caribbean festival downtown for a minute on Saturday.  They had Reggae and Red Stripe and it was right on the water.  It was a really small event and the air was full of smoke from wildfires in GA (? I think), but we had fun exploring the marsh, finding crabs and people watching.  Later parked at the Charleston Battery and walked to Blind Tiger and had some drinks and nachos on their awesome patio.  I pretty much love walking around downtown with the boy.  And what weekend photo reel would be complete without a picture of Ajax's enormous head?

another picture of my favorite pupper

I love him